Professorship (W2) in “Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law” with additional expertise in a specific field of criminal law (successor to Professor Steinl)

The prospective appointee should be an outstanding, internationally distinguished figure who can represent the entire spectrum of research and teaching in the subjects of German criminal law and criminal procedural law. The candidate should also have achieved visible distinction in a specific field of criminal law (preferably international European or economic criminal law).

The University of Münster strongly supports equal opportunity and diversity. We welcome all applicants regardless of sex, nationality, ethnic or social background, religion or worldview, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We are committed to creating family-friendly working conditions.

We actively encourage applications by women. Women with equivalent qualifications and academic achievements will be preferentially considered unless these are outweighed by reasons which necessitate the selection of another candidate.

Please send your application together with your CV, certificates, list of publications and list of given courses in digital form (in a single PDF) by 25 June 2026 to:

Dean of the Faculty of Law
Prof Dr Mark Deiters
Universitätsstraße 14 – 16
48143 Münster
Germany

Email: dekan03@uni-muenster.de